St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
FEMININE INDEPENDENCE.
The Much-Envied Position Not All
IL is supposed to Re.


it is Supposed to he.
l sometimes wonder. says writer in
New York paper, when l hear a woman
whining or growing, according to the nat
ural pitch Of her voice, if she knows what
it means to be independent" to be ''doing
something worth doing" to be in fact a
business woman. l do not believe she does,
nor do believe the life would seem as rosy
after few months spent III anxious search
for the shy bread and butter.
Imagine, if you like. dear girl with the
yearning soul, how nice it must be to hop
out OF bed the moment your alarm clock
goes b-r-r-r-r into the bath-tub, water cold
Just as like as not, especially if you hate
cold water. then into your clothes and down
to the breakfast table. Of course the coffee
will be bad and the rolls as hard as rocks;
for you can't train servants and work down
town at the same time; neither can you
good one. There's no time for
fixing your finger nails or to elabo-
rate in any way. Into wraps and bonnets
you go. and before you know it you are
swinging gayly back and forth in an
elevated train. Then comes {. nice, exhil-
arating climb up four or five flights of
stairs, the way being made the merrier by
the necessary holding up of some heavy
skirts Off the dusty steps, umbrella,
roll OF papers and book or two.
The minute you are in the Of
flee you hear the voice of dictation
arise. Till o'clock it's jump. jump from
one thing to another and back again. You
may be sure to get few vigorous and
warmsh remarks in the course of the morn
ing. You are fortunate if you don't even
get big, big D. AT lunch time you can
send one OF the boys out TOR sandwich and
some coffee. Your fainting spirit receives
a slab Of Dutch cheese between
two dry slices of BUTTERFLIES graham
bread and pint OF some
thing in a tin pail that Washington Irving
Bishop himself couldn't mind-read to be
either tea or coffee. Thus bravely dis
patched the afternoon goes on as the morn
ing began. Five hours more of this charm
ing independence" brings O'Clock, and
can go home. There's another nice long
swing Oh the strap in the elevated
train; perhaps even there's some inter-
eStiEg tipsy German to reel up against
you and make the tittering Grand
street shopgirls smile at your ''airs'' because
You do not like it. Home at last, dinner
does not trouble you much. It's foregone
conclusion that it will be carelessly gotten
up. You are lucky if the servant does not
make the very service an impudent re-
hinder that you're no mistress, you're only
woman wat works down town some
wares"
Dinner over, you may pass Oh to your
well-earned rest. Yes, indeed; here is at
least an hour and half for you. Just
think how many shoe-buttons you can put
on i'll this time. how many nice pairs of
stockings you can darn, how many clean
rufies you can put in dresses, and how
much nice. lady-like sewing you can do on
your summer frocks. Then there is nice
chance to write your weekly letters. to
trim your new hat. and if you are
real smart you may even get chance
once in a while to wash your hair. These
little tasks may take up every evening in
the week. it is true, and you may be fool
isl enough to wish sometimes for little
amusement. But no! That will never do!
Remember! You are an independent
woman, and that. you know, was the hight
of your ambitiOn-siX months ago.
1t used to be mine.